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MCCONNELL, M.D., RADUATE OF TORONTO UNIVER- sn‘Y, RESIDENCEâ€"Adjoini ng Thornhill Hotel. July 2?. 1869. 575â€" Iy DR. IIOSTETTER, 7‘, ‘EMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE Al" Surgeons, England, Residence: North of Richmond Hill, opposite the Elgin House, All calls (night or day) promptly attended to. Elgin Mills, January 1, 1870- 598 R. JAS. LANGSTAFF “R ILL GENERALLY BE FOUND AT home from 8 to 9 11.111. Mr A. F. Armstrong is authorised to collect Accounts. Richmond Hill, Oct. 14, 1839. 568* JOHN N. REID, Ml), NOR. OF YONGE AND COLBORNE J. streets, Thornhill. Consultations in the office on the mornings xi' Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from 8 to It) A in. ‘2," All consultations in tho oflice. Cash. 'l‘hornhill,June9,1865 1 B. E. LAWN". HEMIST AND DRUGGIST, RICH- C MOND HILL. Physicrans prescriptions carefully prepared Richmond Hill, Dec. 1,1869. 594-tf GEO. II- LESLIE 85 (30., CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, COR» J Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, of Bloor and Yongc Streets, Yorkville, tent Medicines, Perfumery 6L0. Pa- Ycrkvriie, April 1, 1869. 5.58-1y D By Royal Letters patently has been appointed Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Tlrrcnhill. Feh.26, 1868. THOMAS CARR, EALER IN DRUGS. MEDICINES, Groceries,Wines and Liquors. Thornhill. DRUG STORE IN KLINEBURG. JACOB YELINSKâ€"IEâ€"BEGS TO INFORM the Inhabitants of Klineburg and supround- ing country that he has opened a Drug Store in the above named place. All/rinds of Herbs‘and Herb Medicinrs supslicd. Klineburg, March 1,1869- 560-tf MARGACH, ANDERSON & 00., [Formerly J. L. Margach] Wholesale and Retail Draggists, 44 King Strch East, Toronto, FERS FOR SALE A LARGE AND Varied Assortment of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, Paints, Oils, Varnishes BRUSHES, ARTISTS’ MATERIAL, &c.. &c., At Low Rates for Cash. OF 1 ___._. Call when you visit the city, inspect the stock and learn the prices; we shall feel plea- sure in showing goods whether you purchase or not. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Toronto, July 15,1869. 550-157 TIME 1, TIME!! TIME!!! A L. SKEELEâ€"ISâ€" PREPARED r0 repair Clocks. Watches and Jewelry. at his shop opposite the Grammar Schol, Rich- mond Hill. A trial is respectfully solicited. Richmond Hill, March, 24, 1870. 610 PETER S. GIBSON, PRO VINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, . Civil Engineer and Draughtsman. son’s East India House) 'l’onou'ro. Vaughan. promptly attended to. I} Notes, Accounts, (to. plcllt)‘ to do. at moderate rates. 2nd ('on. Vaughan.- Richmond llill. or at the I’.(). Maple, will he attended to. L Residence: Lot 8,6th concession Markham. l’osttlfiicoâ€"Unionvillo. on reasonable terms. Carter’s services will be promptly attended to of Markham. 53am Giana. J. N. BLAKE, BARRISTER, CONVEYANCER, .te. Ounceâ€"Church Street, 2 doors north of King Street. Toronto. December 29, 1869. 598 WILLIAM MALLOY, BARRISTER, ATTORNEY, SOLICI- TOR in Chancery, Conveyancer, &c. Orrroa: No. 78 King Street East, Toronto ; over the Wesleyan Book Room. Toronto, December 2. 1869. 594 DUGGAN 25:. MEYERS, ARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS-ATLAW Solicitors in Chancery, Conveyancers,&c Orrrcrz:â€"I’rovincial Insurance Buildings. Street, Toronto . JOHN DUGGAN, Q,c. Toronto Dec. 24,1868. READ AND BOYD, j ARRISTERS, AT'l‘ORNEYS-AT-LAW Solicitors in Chancery. (Sec. OFFICEâ€"77. King St liast, (over Thomp- ADAM H. MEYERS. JR. 544-1y J. A. BOYD. B.A. 5241" D. B. mini), Q.C. May 6. 186 . MONABB, MURRAY 35 J ACKES, ARRISTERS, ATTOIJ‘ZEYS-AT-LAW Solicitors in Chancery, t'onveyancers,&c OFFICEâ€"In the Court House. Toronto August I. 1865. 7 95 flicoueeh Qtuttiouocrs. M. FISHER. , ICENSED AUCTIONER FOR THE County of York. Lot 4, 3rd concession, P. 0. Address, Concord. Orders Concord, March 16, 1870. 606 HENRY SE‘ZELSOR, CENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE Counties of York and Pool, Collector of Small charges and Lackey, March 211d 1865 39â€"1)? FRANCIS BUTTON, JR , ICENSEI) AUCTIONEER FOR THE J County of York. Sales attended to on the shortest notice and PO. Address, Buttonvillo. 497K). Markham. July 24, 1868. H. D. BENN T . ICENSED AUCTIONEFR FOR THE VA County of Yorki- Reridenco lot NO. 14. 1’. 0. Address, Cnrrvillc. All orders left at the “' York llerald” office. 1~v Vaughan, Oct. 10 1867. JOHN CARTER. ICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE Counties of York. Peel and Ontario. Sales attended on the shortest notice, and Orders loft at the “ Herald” ofllce for Mr 185 . Jnno,‘27. EDW. SANDERSON, ICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE J Counties of York and Peel. Residcrrcc-~-Lct ‘20,rear or" 3rd Conccssion P,0 . Address-â€"Buttonville. Parties requiring Mr. Sanderson’s Services can makearrangoments at th e 11 ERALD oflice. Junuary 4. 1565. 31 P. A. SCOTT: LUMBER MERCHANT & BUILDER, 618 Yonge Street. Toronto. Doors. Sash, Flooring, Blinds, Sheeting, Mouldings. &c. All kinds of Building Materials supplied. Post Otfice Addressâ€"Yorkville. ’I‘oroutO, May 18,1868. 3â€"m. J. SEGSWORTII, IMPORTER OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, and Fine Jewelry, 113 Yonge St., Toronto. *3 Masonic and other emblems made to order. TorontoApril ‘27, 1866. 1 GEO. MCPHILLIPS & SON, P Seaforth, Ontario. Jnne7,186‘2. 1 BOOT & SHOE STORE FARMERS’ and Dealer in all kinds of Boots and Shoes, 38 west Market Square. Toronto. I]? Boots and Shoes made to Measure. of the Best Materials and Workmanship, at the Lowest Remunerating Prices ° Toronto, Doc. 3. 1867. RINGWOOD MARBLE WORKS. P WIDEMAN, Mâ€"Aâ€"NUFACTURER OF C all kinds of Monuments, Headstone,&c all and examine my Stock and Prices be- for purchasing elsewhere, as you will find it to your interest. a? Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Ringwood, Sept, 13,1867. 497 CARD. B No take notice that Mr. John Tailor has ceased to collect for John N. Reid, 1\I.D., and that Mr. John Garton, of Thornhill, is author- Orrrcr‘. A'I‘ Willowdale, on Yonge St. in the lonnty of York. Orders by letter promptly attended to. Willowdslc. Dec 1-5. 1869. 596va notice. JOHN N. REID. M. D. Thornhill, Dctember 22, 1869. 597 sheds. ROVIN CIAL LAND SURVEYORS, thanks, and to those who mav do so in the fu- ()HN BARRONWMANUFACTURER Dr. .â€"â€"THE rofiic WILL PLEASE drocureBooksevery ised to collect for the subscriber until further RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CA DA, FRIDAY, JUNE 3,18 NEW FIRM. H. SANDERSON do SONS, CHEMIS TS AND DR UGGIS TS RICHOMND HILL, Having purchased the Stock and Interest of R. H. Hall, (late Chemist and Druggist of the same place) have greatly enlarged the old stock and have now on hand a good assort- ment of Drugs, Paints. Perfumery. Chemicals, Oils, Toilet Soaps. Medicines, Var-Dishes. Fancy articles Dye Stuffs. Patent Medicines, and all other articles kept by Druggists generally. *fi Physicians Prescriptions carefully com- pounded. and all orders attended to With care and despatch, Farmers and Physicians from the country wi‘l find our stock of Medicines completeâ€"warrant~ ' Castles in the : Sanguine youth, fond, ardent Fortune’s master, sure is :" Nothing daunts that hopeful Care unknowing, fancy fr ‘r’ Rich the future to his vision,»‘ Though the present may 1) A111 ’tis very easy building, , Building castles in the air .3 He can see (he sings so clea Ever note of Wisdom’s 3 What tfie world has cherished, As the right is fondly wro His bold voice shall truth 3.; His true tongue shall false Ahl ’tis very easy building, J Burlding castles in the air t . ed genuineâ€"and of the best quality. Richmond Hill. Nov.25, 1669. 593, P. SAVINGS BANK. RICHMOND , " HILL EPOSITS OF ONE DOLLAR, (OR any numberâ€"notexceedingthree hundred dollars by any one depositor.) will be received at the Richmond Hill Post Office, for which Government will allow Interest. For particulars apply to M. TEEFY, Postmaster. *,,* MR. Tnurv is Government Agent for the sale of MARRIA GE LICENSES. Office hours: from 6:30 A.M. to 9:30 PM. May 4,1869. 563-tf GREEN BUSH HOTEL, 215 and 217 Yonge Street. Toronto. ' ‘HE FARMERS AND TRAVELLING public will find first-class aceomodation at the above House, at low rates. 'l‘hé’rs is all extensive Stable attached, and large covered An attentive and obliging lrostler. J, L. PARKER, Proprietor. 537 GOLDEN LION HOTEL, YONGE STREET. NELSON DAVIS, P R 0 P RI E T O R. *,,* Good Staining attached. Trusty Host- lor always in attendance. Yougo St , April 7, 1869. 559-ly MARRIAGE LICENSES, RICHMOND HILL. TEEFY, NOTARY PUBLIC AND Commissroner irrB.R.,is Government from Pleasant, even if ‘e L Agent for issuing Marrragc Licenses in the . . t ‘0, I. f 0 thin for which he C ..3v; kw», Richmond Hill, cobor 23, JAMES BOWMAN, SSUER 0F MARRIAGE LICENSES, Almira Mills, Markham, Nov 1.1865. . ,f_.' "‘"fi'. 22 VIILLIAM COX, QIYCCESSOR TO JAMES IIOLLIDAY, k3 IUTCHEH, 2nd door north ofG. A. liarnards store. Richmond Iiil'r. keeps always on hand the best of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal, Pork, Sausages, «Vac. and sells at the lowestprices. Thclriglrost rnarketprice given for Cattle, Sheep, Lambs. See. Also. Corned and Spiced Beef. Smokodand Dried Hams. WILLIAM COX. Richmond Hill, October 15, 1867. I-y DENTISTRY. W}; i. ‘ . ADAMS, D. D. S., 95 King Street East, Toronto, Iu‘ near Church Street, is prepared to wait upon any who need his professional services in or- der to preserve their teeth, or relieve suffering and supply new teeth in the most approved style. Also to regulate the teeth of those who need it. Consultations free, and all work war- ranted. June, 1865. G. H. HUSBAND, LBS? ENTIST, BEGS MOST RE- fully to announce that he will be at Unionville, . . . lst Monday ofeach month, Weston . . . . . . 9th day “ Klineburg....16th Burwick . . . . . 22nd Scarboro’ . . . .23l‘d Where he willbe prepared and mosthappy to wait on those who may require his services, G. II. H., having had over ELEVEN Yrmns’ Pmcrrcn. feels confident of giving entire satis- faction. To those who have favored him with their patronage in the past he returns his sincere u u .: iure, he would say that no endeavor on his part will be wanting to meet their approval. 4 . Reflectionsâ€"Thefollowinggentlemencan, with confidence,recommend G. II Husband,to all requiring Dental aid: I)r Reid, Thornhill; Dr. Bull, Weston; Dr. D’Evlyn, Burwick; Corson, Brampton. RESIDENCE.â€"-Thoi‘llhill. Thornhill September 17, 1868. 1y MONEY TO LEND. ONEY TO LEND ON GOOD FARM Security, in Sums to suit applicants. Apply to DUGGAN do MEYERS, _ Attorneys, Court St. Toronto. April I, 1869. 558-3m LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, RICHMOND HILL HIS ASSOCIATION HAS TRANS- ferred their Library to the HERALD Book V and in cold blood ?’ Firm his foot upon the ladder?- Past his rivals, through hr oes; Stronger with each step and adder, Up and up he gain goes; Gains the topmost round an unded: Fame and fortune bless hi' there; Ah! ’tis very easy building, Building castles in the air-l; Rich in fame, with honors loaded, Wealth unto his hearts content; Failure, by kind friends foreboded, Mocks him not with toil misspent. Love, too, crowns him w1th his roses, Thornless, steeped in fragrance rare; Ahl ’tis very easy building,â€" Building castles in the air! Poet never limn’d a creature Half so lovely as his choice, Perfect form and perfect feature, Perfect carriage, perfect voice; Wise and merry, sweet and tender, Maiden true as she is fair; Ahl ’tis very easy building,â€" Building castles in the air! Manhood find the fight. for sterner, Soon dissolved are youth’s bright dreams; Loss 3. master, more a learner, With each passing year he seems. One by one hopes fade and leave him Sadly sighing in despairâ€"- “ Ah I ’tis very easy butrlding,-â€"â€" Building‘ castles in the arr l” m gator-titre 4 ‘Ifhe most unpleasant day in my life You ask me which was the most un- pleasantcst day in my life? Well, in my time I have passed some hours and days which were far from happy. A man can hardly have reached midde life, and have seen so much of the W ' ads I have, without some rccollcctio s , ' thought myself lucky t om’gplf‘wrthout' loss of life or limb. This dangers of the the sea are not unknorvn\~to]mé. I have been on board a founderingfiship, when, for twentyâ€"four hours, every soul in the vessel thought his, or her, last. hour was come, and that death was only aquestion of minutes} more or loss. It is not plea- sant to awake in the morning, and re- mcmber that at 9 a. m. you are engaged to fight â€"â€"with small swords, too, of which arm you know nothingâ€"that in- solent Frenchman, who,by his impudencc, forced you to kick him into the Mabille the previous evening. Debt, too, has its drawbacks. When the bill, at three months, for £50 is due, and Mr. Daniel Nathaniel, who gave you £38 in cash for it, won’t renew it, it is not pleasant to he waited on by a smirk attorney’s clerk, who serves you with a writ, and twelve days later makes you over to the tender mercies of the sheriff’s officer. But, least; of all, is it pleasant to remember that you have been obliged, in cold blood, to send a fellow-creature to his final reckoning, even, as was the case with me, if you did so in the course of duty. ‘You mean,7 said my nephew, ‘you mean, uncle, that in the course of battle, when you were in the army, you killed a man in the heat of some engagement ?’ ‘ I mean nothing of the kind, although I, no doubt, did knock over a few Sciks during the Punjaub war.’ ‘Do you really mean then, that. you have ever deliberately killed any oneâ€" ‘ I do, indeed. I once shot a man as deliberately as you killed the eight or ten rabbits you destroyed this morning on the home farm. \Vhethcr I_was right in doing soâ€"whether, indeed, I could have avoided shooting the man and yet have done my dutyâ€"you shall judge for your- iself. Here, is my story. I have never yet told it to anyone, and those who were witnesses of the transactson are now either dead or scattered in various parts of the world.’ MY UNCLE’S STORY. It is about thirty years since I was first gazetted to an cusigncy in the 110th regiment. The corps was in India, and, as is usual in such cases, I joined the de- pot company of the regiment at Chat- ham. I was a. mere lad at the time, and had, indeed come straight from school to join the depot. ‘Bcfore I had worn a red coat for a month, an order came from the Horse-Guards to embark two hun- drcd men from Chatharn for the various corps stationed in the Bonegal Presiâ€" dency. Amongst them, fifty men of the 110th'rcgiment were to proceed. At the time I write of, theAffghan war was going on, and recruits were much wanted to fill up the vacancies mode in the various Store, where Stockholders and others may Friday afternoon. A. SCOTT, Librarian. SCHOOL REQUISITES OF ALL KINDS, AT THE HERALD BOOK STORE: regiments in India. So much so was this the case, that recruits were not kept as they are now, attire depot. until they A board the Sylva, or three hundred to be line or order meant than a Hindoo has nish. legion. were not violently in favor of one or the ’sther side of those who fought for the crown in Spain. The campaign hadbeen going on for two years in the Peninsula, and had thus just ended. legion had been disbanded, and many of the men who had served under General Evans, had, after a'season of the lowest ‘ large towns, during;r which they had, of 70 Bombay on board the Pyruoes, or two? hundred to be embarked for Calcutta on i shipped on board the Easeland for Ma- dras ; and the authorities of Chatham could only do as they were told. In my case, it was one of those inconsiderate 0r-- ders which caused a very serious mutiny on board ship. The order reached Chat.- ham late on Friday night, that on Mon- day, at twelve, two hundred men, with at least three officers, were to be at Graveseud, there to embark on board the Fair-land, 980 tons, which had been duly engaged to carry troops out to India, at a certain sum per head. With soldiers, to hear is to obey : but the commandant of the Chatham garri- son experienced some difficulty in carry- ing out his instructions. Amongst the different; depots of regiments stationed in Bengal, it. was with the greatest difficulty he could make up the requisite number of two hundred. Many of the men of these regiments were the rawest of the raw recruits, some of whom had not join- ed the depot more than a fortnight: or three weeks, whilst others had not yet reâ€" ceived their regimental clothing. As re- gards officers, I, a lad who hardly know my right hand from my left, was the only one available; and therefore, two others, a captain and a. subaltern senior to me, had to be selected from the depots of regiments serving in other parts of the East, and sent to do duty with the de- tachment. Never had a more unsoldier- like detachment left Chatham. The two hundred men were made up from about six different regiments then serving in India. Of these, at least sixty had, the very morning we marched to Gravesend, been served out with their regimental clothing. Most of the recruits were Irish, and had a hungry, wolfish look about them. They were good, well-intontioncd lads, but had no more idea of what. discip- of skating. But there were amongst them some fifty or sixty who had come from that worst of all schools for a sol- dierâ€"the service of Spain, the exâ€"Spaâ€" At the time I write of, there were few, if any, Englishmen who The Spanish debauchery in London, or others of our cour 0, got rid of all their arrears of pay, ' fno‘l' __r intents. In many v. a .¢' good name as regards that first of all duties in a soldier, obedience to superi- ors. But regiments in India, or, at any rate, these who recruited for those regiâ€" ments, were glad to get ahy men they could lay their hands'on, and so a num- ber of the ‘legion men’ as they were called, found their way into corps stationâ€" cd in the East. As I said before, our detachment of ' two hundred men was made up of re- cruits for seine five or six regiments. Of these, there were not twenty men who had been six months in service ; and fully oneâ€"half had served in the Spanish legion. At the last moment, two old sol- diers, who were returning to their regi» meats in Bengal, were told off to go on board the Fairlrmd, to serve as acting sergeants during the voyage. The officers, who. as I said before, were only three in numberâ€"a captarn, a subaltern of some four years’ standing, and myself, a mere boyâ€"knew nothing of the men whom they would have to command during that long and tedious voyage round the Cape ; and the men knew nothing of their ofiiâ€" ccrs. There was on board no means of punishing the refractory, and, indeed, no power of holding a court-martial, to do which there must be at least three offi- cers to compose the court, and a fourth to approve of its proceedings. Altogether, there could hardly have been a more un- comfortable lookout for a voyage, and the result fully proved that our anticipaâ€" tions were not ill-founded. The ship itself was a good one, and well found in every respect; the captain and officers of the Fairland being good sailors, and bent upon making the voy- age as comfortable as possible. The ofii- cer who commanded the troop was a married man, and his wife, who accom- panied him, was within a short time of her confinement. She and her maid were the only women on board,and of other pas- sengers, besides the three military officers there were none at all. Of the crew of the vessel, the loss that rs said the better. A more worthless, ruffianly, drunken lot of men, it was never my lot to fall in with. We marched from Chatharn to Gravesâ€" end, and there embarked on board the Fair-land, which was under orders to drop down the river with the next tide. The staff officers and others who had ac- companied us took leave of the detach- ment, not without some misgivings that the voyage would not prove a very happy one ; and, as I shall show presently, they ‘ were certainly not far wrong. When soldiersâ€"even the most orderly â€"â€"embark on board ship, there is natu- rally a good deal of confusion at first. How much greater the muddle must have been when we had, before all, things, to make the recruits obey us, you‘. may imagine. I’Vith the single exception of the two old soldiers of whom I spoke,‘ we could not trust a single man on board. , had learnt their drill, and something of their duties ; but were bundled on board ship as they were called for. An order would come down from the Horse-Guards, directinga hundred men to he sent off to Before reaching? the Downs the recruits: managed to set’fire twice to the ship, for», tunately, however, in such a way that the ed by ignorance, we might in time have got the men into something like order. cause. bordination. in not doing it, and preached to the others that the only way to get what they wanted was to defy their officers, and obtain by force what was refused them. After this miserable voyage I served a. long time in the army ; but I am quite cer- t ling between Gravcscnd and Calcutta in the Fttirlrmd, than I did in the subse- quent dozen years of my life. who the ringleader in every evil that hap- pened in the strip Harrison. the legion, but had been reduced to the ranks and had been flogged more than once in Spain. goodlooking man, with a very white, beardlcss face, and black curling hair. It was said that before enlisting he had been an attorney’s clerk ; but this I canâ€" not vouch for the truth of. He was some- thing of a scholar, and a well-spoken man when he liked. The captain commandâ€" ing the troops on board made him an actrng corporal for the voyage, and pro-‘ miscd, if he behaved well until we reach- cd Calcutta, to report favorably of himi to the colonel of his regiment, and endea- : .vor to get him promoted. But he onlyi kept his acting rank about a week. He 1 w lent to the other subaltcru officer on board, that the captain was obliged to take away his stripes. ‘ day served out. day the men complained, and without really the slightest reason, that every- thing was bad and unfit for food. Every morning, according to the rules of the service when men complain of their food, we had to form a committee to investiâ€" gate the matter. composed of the ship’s surgeon, the other military subaltcrn, and myself. NOW and few tins of preserved soup; but, as a general rule, the rations were so excel- lent, that it would have been unjust t0 the owners of the ship if we had done so. complaints were made, evidently on pur- pose to annoy us. served out was another source of griev- once. which was filled every day, and over which we placed a sentry in order to prevent it being Wasted. But the sentry â€"_ WHOLE NO. 620. c i . ‘thcm. Tire reason they gave for this ., demand was their religious principles would not allow them to eat meat on vent the men from smoking between decks, or from opening the ship’s lanterns Whenever they wanted more light than they could obtain when the lanterns were Good Friday. I was not a little amused. closed. It was the some way with their at: the idea of men, who had behaved rations. They would not obey the or- ders given thorn; and there was no one to enforce our orders. They fought and quarrellcd about the cook-house fire; wasted the water served out to them; broke into the forchold and got at wine and spirits; and, in short, he- haved themselves in such a way that the captain of the ship was very nearly putâ€" ting into Plymouth on his way down Channel, and writing to the 'Horsc- Guards that unless some aid was given him he would not proceed to sea with such an undisciplined set of roughs on board his ship. Had the want of discipline been caus- likc the very worst of hcathens since they came on board, all at once setting up to be religious. However, I merely replied that. I would mention their request to the captain of the ship. as well as to our own commanding officer, but that I did not. think anything would come of it, as there was really nothing on board that could be given thorn in place of meat.- Their dcmand was all the more absurd, as I found out that. of those who had made the request, not- morc than one or two wereâ€"if such rufiians could be called of any religious faithâ€"Catholics. Presently I went aft, and mentioned the circumstance to the captain of the ship, who, in the most obliging manner possible said he had on board several cases of dry salt codvfish, and that if the men really preferred not to eat meat on Good Friday, he would make over a porâ€" tion of this fish to them, taking; their meat rations in payment or exchange, I sent for the men and told, them this, but they refused to touch the “filth,” as they were pleasedâ€"or as their spokes- man, Harrison, was pleasedâ€"to call the salt fish. The men then returned in a body to the fore port of the ship, got to- gether all the rations that had been served out that day, and threw: them overboard with a shout of deficnce,which was evidently meant as an insult to us officers in the after part of the ship. Young and inexperienced as I was in the service, I could see that the state of the recruits on board was little ,short of open mutiny. It was evident, from what we could see going on from the quarter- dcek, that the crew had fraternizcd, and were holding consultations in little gr'oups,. Harrison, of course, being the ringleader, or the chief dccluimcr amongst them. When ten o‘clock, the usual hour for muster came, about half the recruits answered to their names, evidently out of defiance of authority. It may be askpd by military men, accustomed to the order, regularity and obedisncc of an English regiment, why we did not at: once place those who disobcycd orders in confinement and thus assert our author- ity? To this I reply that. in theory such action would have been excellent, but in practice simply irripossible. We had nothing whatever in the way of a prison or cell on board. It is true that there were four pairs of handcuffs; but: what was the use of these amongst so many ?-â€"~f0r there were at least sixty men who openly defied our commands, and the whole of the ship’s crcwâ€"â€"â€"about But it proceeded from a. very much worse The Spanish legioners on board behaved ill from a spirit of wilful insuâ€" They know perfectly well what their duty was ; but: they gloricd ain that I heard ten times more grumbâ€" Before being long at sea, we discovered was. His name was He had been a. sergeant in He was a short, rather as on one occasion so unpardonably insoâ€" The worst time we used to have every was when the rations were being Better salt meat, biscuit, nd all that I res, pescrved soup, :1 ~~ 1; .‘ »- “"“ii- *3", . s “-°“‘*“5:~:.; «v: --e e ' one shi as ruffinnl a lot. as over sailed in a mcrv as recruitS, .rey ha v no mean. a con o not 0 procure. ut ay a ter 0 an vcsse , an - ... i v dcalâ€" evidently sympathized with our men, and would have taken part. against us. Moreover, we had not in the ship more than four or five men whom we trusted to stand sentry over prisoners, and not more than the two old soldiers, who would have assisted event to put on the handcuffs. To add to our troubles, the other subaltcrn doing duty 011 board was ill, and got worse as we got into hotter weather. The captain and myself seldom for some days left the deck; but; as the wife of the former had through her maid heard rumors of the mutinous state of the troops, she got frightened, was taken with the pains of premature labor, and nearly died. Her husband was naturally a good deal with her, so that it fell upon me to be on duty almost; night and day, or at least never to leave the deck, even for my meals. The day after the men had thrown their rations overboard, we naturally ex- pected they would be hungry, and glad to take what. was offered them. But, on the contrary, they again received their salt meat at the regular hour, and, with- ‘out even waiting to look at it, threw it; overboard. We afterwards found that the hold of the ship had been again broken open, and a quantity of preserved meats, cabin biscuits, wine, and spirits stolen and consumed, The captain of the ship called his men aft to speak to them, and one of them being drunk and insolent, he put him in irons â€"~ rncroly handcuffsâ€"and kept him upon the poop deck, so as to be out of the way of his comrades. This, however only made matters worse, for with the exception of four men, the whole crew struck work, and declared that they would not touch a. rope again. That evening, whatever had to be done on board was performed by the captain himself, his officers, and the four men who stood by him, the rest This committee was then we condemned a cask of beef or at And yet, day after day, the same The water that was There was a large cask on deck would leave his post, the water was taken by all and sundry, who wasted it as they liked; and before night it was invariably emptied. So long as we were in north- crn latitudes this did not matter very much; but when the weather began to get hot. the evil was greatly felt. Four or five times the captain of the ship replenished twice in the day the cask which had been emptied by the folly, or worse, of the men ; but at last. being frightened lest his supply would not hold out, he refused to do so. Another great source of annoyance to us was the cargo stowed in the forehold. Avery great deal of this was composed of champagne and other wrnes7 going out to Calcutta as freight. The recruitsâ€"or at least some of themâ€"discovered this. They managed, as we afterwards found out, to get a false key for the staple that confined the hatch, and used every night to abstract many bottles, on which they regaled themselves and the crew of the shi . For a long time we could not; imâ€" of the ship’s crew looking on and utter- agi hOW it Was that, day after day, ing insolcnt dcfiances against their officers. eight. or ten men were found drunk almost; chry morning. At last one of them mentioned how they got the liquor to my soldier servant, who in his turn told the ship's steward, and thus the whole affair was revealed. The captain of the ship very soon put a stop to these proceedings, by removing all the wines' to the afterâ€"part of the vessel. In order to keep up as much discipline as was possible, the captain of the troops very properly gave an order that one or other of the officers was never to leave the dock, he himself taking his share of (CONTINUED) Why is a flea like a railroad ‘3 Because it fastens on the sleepers. Why is “time” like a. pickpocket? Be- cause they both stc'tl rioisclcssly away. Why isn’t a fishmongor a nice acquainb ance? Because he‘s sure to be a sailfish man. Printsâ€"Use Dr. J. Ilrifrgs’ Pile Remedy for piles of every description. Sold by druggists. 583Q THE greatest wisdom of speech is to know , . ;when and what, and where to speak; the the work' MO“ unformnately’ Jusb as 1 time,’ matter, manner. The next to it is we get within the tropics, the other sub- , Silencm altern fell seriously ill with fever, so that t P1LES.__USB D1,. J. Rims, Pile Remedy the captain and myself had to take the for internal, external. bleeding and itchng deck duty turn and turn about. It was Piles. It gives immediate relief and is re- shortly after this the most serious dis-,liuble. Sold bv drUMiSlS- 583Q turbance we had on board happened. A BUTCHER about to kill a cow asked an I was one day superintending the dis- ‘ Irishman to hold her. The butcher squmted tribution of rations, when a number of imdl V‘gzillllelgfling tiligfl‘glxrii’epsvagsgl the men” headed by Hurnson’ came up Ironocblicd down instead of 11110 cow, said, to me’ and den’mnilod’ rather than re' ‘Surc, man, do you strike where you look ‘2’ quested, that, as the next day was Good ' flames were easily extinguished. But do. what we could, it was impossible to preâ€" , , ‘To be sure I do,’ replied the butcher. Friday, they might have other rations ‘ Then you may hould the cow yoursilf till I than the usual lt beef served out to q“ just get out of the way.’ I. u